Director Product Design
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Job Description
- Location: This opportunity has the ability to be hybrid in our HQ in Surrey BC Canada.
- Annual Base Salary:$176700 $186500 CAD
- Please note that employment is contingent upon the successful completion of reference checks and background checks.
Application Instructions:
- Please submit a resume cover letter portfolio
- Please upload your application files in PDF format only.
Director Product Design
Safe Software is looking for a Director Product Design to define and lead Safe Softwares overarching UX strategy. Reporting to the VP of Product Development you will lead Safe Softwares Design team and be responsible for the user experience of our products from conception to launch. This role will be pivotal in transforming our user experience across the platform into an intuitive and integrated experience that delights new users while driving customer satisfaction and retention.
You will collaborate closely with leadership product management development and design teams to embed usercentric design principles into every aspect of our software development lifecycle. Your mastery of usercentered design design systems and technology leadership will help us deliver a product experience worthy of industryleading standards.
About The Team
As part of the Product Design team youll join a highly collaborative group of UX leads and designers dedicated to crafting intuitive usercentered experiences. We work closely with Product Management Engineering and Marketing to ensure that UX remains a key driver of product success and customer satisfaction
What Youll Be Doing
As a Director Product Design you will:
- Develop and implement a strategic UX vision that aligns with Safe Softwares product and business objectives.
- Lead mentor and manage the Design team overseeing daytoday operations while cultivating a highperformance culture.
- Champion usercentered design principles throughout all stages of product development to ensure intuitive engaging user experiences.
- Collaborate closely with Product Engineering and Marketing to deliver cohesive and strategic product experiences.
- Drive UX research and design innovation incorporating emerging technologies and methodologies to enhance user understanding.
- Set the direction for design principles patterns and processes to ensure a cohesive product experience across the Safe portfolio.
- Provide both highlevel oversight and detailed feedback on design deliverables maintaining alignment with quality and business goals.
- Establish refine and enforce scalable design processes tools and workflows.
- Conduct regular design critiques that foster collective growth and elevate the teams output.
- Serve as the goto resource for resolving complex design challenges and strategic decisions.
- Represent the UX discipline at the executive level advocating for strategic investments that enhance user experiences and outcomes.
Qualifications Skills and Competencies
Safers come from a variety of backgrounds with a diversity in skills and knowledge. That said we find that those who are most successful in this role have experience with the following areas.
Required skills:
- Education: Bachelors degree in Design HumanComputer Interaction or related field.
- Experience: 8 years of relevant design leadership experience including at least 3 years at the director level (or equivalent) where you led and managed other design managers
- Technical skills:
- Experience designing for complex enterprise software (e.g. data integration analytics or other B2B/B2E platforms)
- Experience leading UX teams (including multiple managers or leads) and initiatives at a senior leadership level.
- Deep expertise in UX principles research methodologies and design frameworks.
- Proficiency in using UX design and prototyping tools.
- Deep understanding of product development processes (Agile Lean) and how UX integrates with product management and engineering
- Proficiency in evaluating design skills delivery and ability to provide effective feedback and coaching to lead to growth and favorable outcomes.
- Excellent communication collaboration and negotiation skills.
- Advocate for UX at the executive level presenting strategies and insights to Csuite leaders to align user experience with business goals.
- Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to inspire and lead teams with a clear and compelling vision.
- Proven ability to recruit develop and mentor designers at different levels (junior through lead)
Nice to have skills:
- Proven track record of leading UX transformation and innovation. Strategic thinker with the ability to align UX strategies with business objectives. Champion for usercentric design culture across the organization.
What You Can Expect
When you choose a career with Safe Software youre also choosing
- Meaningful Work: Make a profound impact across our business workplace and data integration product.
- A Supportive Environment: Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.
- Social Responsibility: Become part of a team that finds meaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safeorganized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.
- Learning & Career Development: We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.
- Flexible Working Hours: Flexible and remotefriendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want and how you want to.
- WorkLife Balance: Theres no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.
- Health & Wellness: Extended health dental health or lifestyle spending and counseling benefits from day 1. Thats right no waiting period.
- Family is important: We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave TopUp Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
- Shared Success: Share in Safes success with our biannual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.
- An Accessible Commute: Regardless of your commute method were located close to public transit and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!
About Safe Software
Safe Software transforms organizations with FME the only AllData AnyAI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data anywhere at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25000 enterprise customers across 125 countries we simplify your data journey wherever it leads.
Founded in 1993 Safe is headquartered in Surrey BC with over 200 team members and counting. Were always looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds who are determined to learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer and we truly believe that innovation and strength begin with diversity and inclusion. We welcome all candidates regardless of race gender identity or expression sexual orientation age ability disability national or ethnic origin political belief religion or family status. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment process please contact .
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
